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A growing database of pictures & route descriptions for waterfall ice climbs in the Canadian Rockies, the world's best ice climbing destination. Route descriptions are written from experience, and information such as grades and lengths are… Route descriptions for some of the ice climbs in the Bow Valley including the Canmore, Banff, and Lake Louise area. IV, WI5, 150m IV, WI4R, 300m III, 200m, WI3 Route information for ice climbs in Grotto Canyon including Grotto Falls (WI2), His (WI4), and Hers (WI4) II, W4+; 110m II, WI2-3, 300m IV, WI5, 150m of ice Covers the ice climbs along the David Thompson Highway (Hwy 11) from Nordegg to the Icefields Parkway at the Saskatchewan River Crossing. This area generally recieves less snow than most of the Rockies and can be a good place to head in poor… III, WI4, 200m II, WI4, 75m of ice V, WI5X, M6, 220m IV, WI5, 200m III, W5+, 100m II, WI3 to WI4, 60-100m Covers all ice climbs from Lake O'Hara to Golden, BC along the Trans-Canada Highway. Includes Field & Kicking Horse Canyon areas. Climbs right around Lake Louise are in the Bow Valley section.
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Ross… V, WI6+, 5.7R, 250m III, W5+, 40m III, WI4, 125m III, WI3 - 4, trad mixed, 70 - 100m III, WI5, 180m One of the highest concentrations of ice climbs in the Canadian Rockies, this great area deserves alot more attention than it gets. Most of these climbs form fairly early in the year, but beware that the Yoho River must be crossed to reach the… III, WI5, 150m II, WI2 to WI3, 30-60m Iron Curtain (III, WI6, 85m); Grovelling (II, WI3, 85m); Peristroika (III, WI4+, 50m) III, WI5+, 60m III, W4, 60m III, WI4 - 5, 45m - 75m Covers the ice climbs along the Icefields Parkway (Hwy 93N) from the turnoff onto Highway 11 at the Saskatchewan River Crossing to Jasper, Alberta. Includes Mt. Wilson, the Weeping Wall area, and the Columbia Icefields.
Full Route… V, WI5, 700m (450m of climbing) III, W4, 45m (Stanley); III W4, 5.8, 55m (Chalkstoned) V, WI6 III, WI4 - 5+, 160m III, WI4, 100m Covers the ice climbs along the Icefields Parkway (Hwy 93N) from Lake Louise, Alberta to the Saskatchewan River Crossing and the David Thompson Highway turnoff.
It wouldn't be too hard to argue that the Icefields Parkway is the best highway for… WI3 - M6+, 30 - 80m IV, WI5, 200m (with a finish up Murchison Falls) III, WI5, 50m IV, WI5, M5, 420m (220m of ice) III, WI4, 5.8, 150m IV, WI4+, 200m IV, WI6, M6+, 125m Covers the ice climbs in the Jasper, ABÂ and Mt. Robson areas along Highway 16 and the Maligne Lake road.
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Shades of Ugly III, W4, 60m
Morro/Hawk Canyon II, WI3/4, 75m of ice.
Drambuie Demon II, WI3-4,… II, WI3-4, 90m II, WI3/4, 75m of ice. III, W4, 60m The Kananaskis section includes ice climbs along the Kananaskis Highway (Hwy 40) from the Transcanada Hwy to Highwood Pass, and the Smith Dorrien/Spray Lakes road from Canmore, AB to where it joins Hwy 40.
Because many of the climbs in K-Country… III, WI4, 300m III, WI4, M5, 55m VI, W5+, 600m IV, WI4, 55m IV, WI6, M5R, 120m IV, WI4, 100m IV, M7, 300m Whitemans (IV, WI6, 90m); Redmans (IV, WI5, M5, 60m) Covers the climbs along Highway 93 South from Castle Junction to Radium Hotsprings, BC. Includes the legendary Stanley Headwall.
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French Reality V, WI6+, 5.8, 150m
Suffer Machine V, WI5, M7, 200m
Nemesis V,… V, WI6+, 5.8, 150m V, WI6, 140m V, WI5, M7, 200m This section includes the ice climbs along the front ranges (Eastern Slope) from Sundre to Bragg Creek. Includes the Ghost River, Waparious, and the south eastern portion of Kananaskis County. Climbs accessed from the Trans-Canada Highway… The Ghost River area is one of the world's finest ice climbing destinations. There is an abundance of routes at all grades, a wilderness setting, free camping, and rarely enough snow for any avalanche hazard. Sound too good to be true? Well, there… II, WI4, 60m V, WI6R, 70m IV, WI6, 50m III, WI5, 50m V, WI6, 75m Useful links for ice climbing in the Canadian Rockies
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